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3/19/99

Porn journalist Clifford Cremer (cccp@zap.A2000.nl) writes from the Netherlands: "The European porn industry is scattered throughout all those European countries, without a single uniting factor. In the US there's AVN, Fox and all those other video mags. In Europe there's only Hot Video from France (at least this is the only quality mag to speak of). This is in French - so the rest of Europe won't buy or read it. European porn stars are certainly not household names here. It's funny, but only some males have some form of 'mainstream' fame (Christophe Clark, Rocco). Names like Nikki Andersson or Silvia Saint are only known to porn consumers.

"The European porn industry very much operates in the shadows of society. Everybody knows they're there, still few people would admit buying, renting or watching porn. This has always been so, and always will be, I'm afraid. I also get frustrated about the lack of information about European stars and productions. My guess is that an adventurous entrepreneur would be succesfull in launching something of a European AVN. As a matter of fact I don't understand why the AVN is not launching an European edition. It would sell well, that's for sure.

"For Americans the porn industry has to be an extension of Hollywood. So big names, big stars and a lot of glamour. Most US porn stars are blond and big breasted (sillicone of course). I guess this is America's favourite fantasy: an unreachable blond babe with a (semi-)perfect body. In Europe however porn is different. European's like 'the girl next door' in their fantasies. So no glitter and glamour, only 'real-looking' girls who you could easily meet in the streets. The consequence of this is that there are no 'big names'. Best example of this is the superb series of Steve Perry a.k.a. Ben Dover. Compare any Ben Dover production with any, for example, Shane or Zane production. The differences are obvious. Personally I loved the Buttman movies. Untill Ben Dover came along that is."


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